Months after being banned from presenting live music because it lacked the proper permits, Siberia bar finally got permission from the New Orleans City Council on Thursday to crank the music back up. Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer even paid the club owners an unusual tribute.

The bar at 2227 St. Claude was a home for metal and punk music from 2010 until it closed this summer after city officials found it lacked the proper permits to have live music. It has recently presented some shows under "special event" permits.

Its temporary closing, along with a crackdown on a few other venues that were offering live entertainment without permits, led some music fans to charge that Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration was bent on destroying the city's musical culture. One local columnist described it as the mayor's "war on live music."

In return for the conditional-use permit that will let them resume presenting live shows, the owners of Siberia have agreed to abide by a long list of provisos, including that live music must end every night by 2 a.m. and that all doors must remain closed during performances. The owners have promised to add more soundproofing to the building.

Palmer, whose district includes the site, said she wants to modify a few of the 14 provisos recommended by the City Planning Commission. She said the changes, involving provisions regulating offstreet parking and the building's external appearance, will be included in an ordinance the council will vote on in a few weeks to give legal force to the zoning petition it approved Thursday.

Co-owner Daphne Loney said most of the provisos recommended by the commission already are in place or in process.

Dozens of supporters turned out to voice support for Siberia at a planning commission hearing last month. Only a handful showed up at the council meeting, and none of the neighbors who spoke against the club's operation last month appeared Thursday.

Besides musicians and music fans who said Siberia gave a home to new and emerging bands, several neighbors of the club told the commission the club made them feel safer because of the late-night crowds it attracted. The Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association also backed the club's request to have live music, saying the owners "have demonstrated a willingness to engage with their neighbors and the broader community."

However, two nearby property owners spoke against the club's request at the commission hearing, saying that Siberia has created noise and litter and that some of its customers have been inconsiderate toward neighbors.

"My quality of life has decreased since the opening of Siberia," Antonio Garza said, noting that it is just one of four clubs clustered around the intersection of St. Claude and Elysian Fields Avenue. He said he had "witnessed or seen evidence of intravenous drug injection, snorting, defecation, vomiting, sex in cars and drunken trespassing of people's stoops and porches."

Palmer said the club will contribute to St. Claude's development as an entertainment district and will be "a win for our cultural economy and for the surrounding community."